Basil D'Oliveira
Basil Lewis D'Oliveira
Born: 4 October 1931, Signal Hill, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Major Teams: Worcestershire, England.
Known As: Basil D'Oliveira
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v West Indies at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1966
Last Test: England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, 1972
ODI Debut: England v Australia at Melbourne, One-off ODI, 1970/71
Last ODI: England v Australia at Birmingham, Prudential Trophy, 1972
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1967
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 44 70 8 2484 158 40.06 5 15 29 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 5706 318 1859 47 39.55 3-46 0 0 121.4 1.95
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 4 4 1 30 17 10.00 69.76 0 0 1 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 204 3 140 3 46.66 1-19 0 0 68.0 4.11
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1964 - 1980)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 362 566 88 18918 227 39.57 43 98 211 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 40581 15021 548 27.41 6-29 17 2 74.0 2.22
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1965 - 1979)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 187 171 20 3770 102 24.96 2 19 44 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 7892 4478 190 23.56 5-26 6 1 41.5 3.40
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Prevented from playing top-class cricket in his native South
Africa due to the colour of his skin, "Dolly", an all-rounder of
great talent, moved to England at the age of 25 to ply his craft
in the Lancashire Leagues, and later for Worcestershire and
England. He did not play a full English season until 1965, when
he was thirty. His batting was probably his greatest strength,
using a short back-lift and powerful forearms to play a wide
variety of strokes. He was a master of pacing an innings,
careful at the start, and accelerating once played in. His
bowling seemed innocuous, a gentle medium pace delivered with a
nice side-on action from a few paces. He, however, moved the
ball both ways in the air and off the pitch and had an almost
magical ability to break big partnerships. Through no fault of
his own, his name will always be attached to a part of cricket
history that reflects poorly on most others involved Ð the
DÕOliveria affair. Unaccountably omitted from the England party
to tour South Africa in 1968-69, he was added after Cartwright
dropped out. The South African Government indicated that he
would not be welcome in South Africa, at which point the tour
was cancelled, the end of cricketing relations between the two
countries for 25 years. Throughout, DÕOliveira conducted himself
with tact, and grace, and continued to be the first choice as
EnglandÕs all rounder until the advent of Tony Greig. He played
for Worcestershire until nearly 50 (Dave Liverman, 1998).
Last Updated: Friday, 16-Aug-2002 19:24:36 GMT
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